Jim and Della’s gifts were the wisest because each gave the other what he or she held most dear in order to give the other what he or she valued most. In the ironic story “The Gift of the Magi,” a young couple is trying to find gifts for one another for Christmas. They do not have much money, but each of them wants to do something special for the other. Jim decides to sell his watch to get a set of hairbrushes for Della, and Della sells her hair to buy a chain for Jem’s watch. Although it was foolish for these two to sell their most prized possessions when the other person just wanted them to have each other, their gifts were wise in a way. But in a last word to the wise of these days let it be said that of all who give gifts these two were